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  •  Kerry;s responses (4.00 / 3)

    [I really don't like Kerry, but this is too easy]

    Kerry: President Bush lead us down the wrong road towards an unnecessary war based on faulty intelligence and we are now paying the price.

    Bush: You voted to authorize the war based on the same intelligence that I relied on.  You yourself said that the capture of Saddam Hussein validated your vote for the war, and that we are indeed safer with him gone.  No one said this was going to be easy.  But freedom comes at a cost.  The american people understand that, and now is not the time to lose our nerve.

    Kerry: Because I'm a patriot more than I'm  partisan, I could not bring myself to believe that the President would deliberatly lie the nation into the war. I believed you were the President first, and a political operative second. I was wrong. You are a good talker, you sound sincere, you fooled me and took advantage of my patriotism. I'm not ashamed of being a patriot.

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    Kerry:  President Bush's tax policies take from the poor and give to the rich, while creating huge deficits for our children.

    Bush: You missed the majority of votes held last year but this is one you voted for and agreed with me.  These tax cuts are working and creating a more robust economy.

    Kerry: You and your Republican majority in the house and Senate have been very good at forcing us to choose between shutting down the country and allowing you to smuggle your giveaways to contributors into every bill. Under your watch, we've lost millions of jobs. Why can't you take responsibility for any of your decisions?

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    Kerry: President Bush's NCLB has actually decreased the quality of children's education by diverting much needed funds to support this beurocratic mess.  Plus the entire act is underfunded.

    Bush: You must have thought it was a good idea because you voted for it. Education has improved in many states including... and education will continue to be a priority for my administration

    Kerry: Again, although there was a lot of evidence, I couldn't believe that you and your majority in the congress would be so cynical, so uncaring, and so deceitful. I'm guilty of believing too long that our leaders could  be trusted to be  Americans first no matter what their party, but you are guilty of betraying that trust.

    by citizen k on Wed Jan 28, 2004 at 11:45:06 AM PDT

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    •  JFK: No Fair, You Tricked Me! But We are Safer (none / 0)

      Reading this how would anyone vote for Kerry.  He sounds like the biggest dupe of all time.  

      Bush can say that he did not lie to anyone, blame the CIA, and state that he relied on the same intelligence as Kerry did.  Kerry said that we are safer after Saddam's capture and that it validated his vote for the war.  He doesn't have a leg to stand on.  

      by Bri on Wed Jan 28, 2004 at 12:15:32 PM PDT

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      •  Spin (none / 0)

        Oh come on. "You exploited our patriotism to sell a lie" is a pretty strong claim and will sell a  lot better than "Everyone with any brains knew you were a lying weasel from day one".
        Kerry can do that "I always give people the benefit of the doubt, but you, sir, have shown you don't deserve it", even though in reality he was a spineless dupe. He can say "I wasn't alone. Most Americans stood up an forgot partisan differences to unite against a threat, because we couldn't believe you would have so little care for your responsibilities. " and so on. ...

        by citizen k on Wed Jan 28, 2004 at 03:15:24 PM PDT

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    •  x (4.00 / 2)

      Sorry, but to beat an incumbent you've gotta play offense.  Interesting rebuttals, but they are strictly defense, and a weak and whiny defense at that.  

      by Mary Mary on Wed Jan 28, 2004 at 12:55:12 PM PDT

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      •  Offense (none / 0)

        I agree with you that the only candidate who can beat Bush is a candidate who knows how to play offense, that is, a candidate who knows how to identify and exploit the weaknesses of the other side. I've always believed that the candidate who wins is the candidate who has successully managed to define the terms of the debate.  If Bush manages to define the terms, we're sunk.  He'll win.  I don't care how many medals you won or how polished your resume looks, if you can't take control of the engine, you're going to get driven wherever Bush wants to drive you.

        That's where I think Dean has failed. When he became the front-runner, he stopped defining the debate and starting fielding questions about the unelectable tag that was pinned on his forehead.  He could have taken the pin off and said "We've got 44 million without health insurance, 9 million unemployed, daily deaths in Iraq, we're spending $1 billion dollars a week on a war that was based on faulty intelligence and you're calling ME unelectable?"  Instead, he started playing defense. Look where it's got him.

        I still believe that he's got it in him to play offense, but he's still got the gloves on now and I don't see them coming off in the near future.  

        When you play by someone else's rules, you ALWAYS lose, because it's their game, not yours.

        Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. - Mark Twain

        by Michi on Wed Jan 28, 2004 at 02:44:15 PM PDT

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